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Were making massive waste islands in the sea

2015-08-24 23:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: That message in a bottle you tossed into the sea as a young rapscallion? Remember how you didn`t get a response? It`s because oceans aren`t the same thing as carrier pigeons. Instead of sending bottles bobbing merrily on their way across the Pacific, ocean currents tend to push bits of trash to convergence points in the ocean called garbage patches. The video above shows a new data visualization from NASA illustrating the phenomenon. By mapping the paths of free-floating ocean buoys distributed...

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Flood watch in effect for all Hawaiian Islands

2015-08-21 11:58:08| Airlines - Topix.net

An extremely moist and unstable atmosphere over the islands will support the development of slow-moving heavy downpours that could lead to flash flooding. The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a flash flood warning for Oahu until 5:15 p.m. Thursday.

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US Virgin Islands to file - violations against rum makers

2015-07-29 07:57:05| Beverages - Topix.net

The US Virgin Islands' environmental agency plans to file a violation order against two rum producers on St Croix as residents of several communities complain of a black mold persistently staining their properties, cars and boats. Jamal Nielsen, spokesman for the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, said authorities are "in the process of crafting a violation order" against Cruzan Rum and Diageo USVI, a subsidiary of global liquor giant Diageo PLC that produces the rum for the Captain Morgan brand.

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Seymour Airport, Baltra, Galápagos Islands

2015-07-29 01:00:00| Airport Technology

Seymour Airport, also known as Galapagos Ecological Airport, is the worlds first green airport. It is located in Isla Baltra, one of the Galápagos Archipelago islands in Ecuador.

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NEC Deploys 176km Microwave Link Between The Islands Of Sao Tome And Principe

2015-07-28 06:42:44| rfglobalnet Home Page

NEC Portugal, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, has installed a microwave radio link between the islands of Sao Tome and Principe, providing twenty 2Mbps channels for GSM mobile communications and a minimum of 300Mbps for IP data communications using the 4GHz band with a modulation of 64QAM. This project was awarded by CST (Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicacoes).

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